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`US drone strikes `ineffective solution` to combat terrorists in Pak`

An Indian school teacher has been found dead in Maldives` Eydhafushi island, in what is suspected to...

US drone strikes kill 4 al Qaeda suspects: Yemen

The four were killed in the first strike while riding a vehicle in the desert area of Oussab al-Ali,...

US made secret deal with Pak on drone strikes: Report

In a secret deal, Pakistan allowed American drone strikes on its soil on the condition that the unma...

New Pak leadership will pose greater threat to drone program: US

The major candidates to become Pakistan`s next prime minister oppose American drone strikes on extre...

Pakistan seeks UN ban on drone strikes against sovereign nations

Islamabad`s opposition to the use of combat drones stems from its fears that other countries may emu...

Pakistani military refutes NYT reports on drone strikes

The Pakistani military on Tuesday rejected a media report that suggested it had tried to pass off tw...

Pakistan seeks alternative to ‘counterproductive’ drone strikes

Calling drone attacks in Pakistan as ‘counterproductive’, the country’s President Asif Ali Zardari h...

Madeleine Albright calls drone strikes ‘very effective`

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has defended the US administration’s use of lethal dron...

Drones killed more Afghan civilians in 2012: UN

The US and NATO have long pledged to keep up the fight against al-Qaeda and other militants even as ...

US student designs `drone-proof city`

A law student in the US has made a novel design for a drone-proof city.

Assange urges US to release secret drone strikes documents

Julian Assange, founder of the whistle blowing website Wikileaks, has urged US officials to leak sec...

80% killed in US drone strikes in Pak were terrorists: Jilani

Eighty per cent of about 3,000 people killed in US drone strikes in Pakistan`s tribal belt were terr...

Obama to share classified drone info with Congress

Obama`s move comes following repeated demand by US lawmakers in this regard.

CIA Director nominee Brennan defends drone strikes

Emphasizing on careful and responsible use of unmanned aircraft, CIA Director nominee John Brennan h...

CIA operating secret drone base in Saudi Arabia

The CIA conducts lethal drone strikes against al-Qaeda militants inside Yemen from a remote base in ...

US memo leak: Drones killing Qaeda-linked Americans legal

The leaked 16-page documents belonging to Department of Justice present a justification on how Obama...

Drone strikes are `legal ethical and wise`: US

Carney argued that someone who takes up arms against the United States is an enemy, and therefore co...

`Pak has asked US to end drone strikes but not acted`

A US scholar has said that the Pakistan Government has now publicly asked United States to stop dron...

US drone strikes in NW Pakistan kill eight

The house was completely leveled to ground and caught fire after the strike, said eyewitnesses.

Pak ambassador’s absence from meet not linked to drones: US

US has rejected suggestions that Pak refused to send its ambassador to Washington last week for a ke...

Thousands protest drone strikes in Pakistan

Thousands of Pakistani tribesmen Saturday joined a protest against US drone strikes in South Waziris...

Pak condemns ‘illegal, unacceptable’ drone attacks in Waziristan

The Pakistani government has condemning the latest drone attacks in South Waziristan’s tribal region...

Pakistan again asks US to stop drone strikes

Nazir and five of his companions were killed near Wana town of South Waziristan when a drone fired t...

US drones kill top Pakistani militant leader, Mullah Nazir, nine others

Mullah Nazir, also known as Maulvi Nazir Wazir, had signed a peace deal with Pakistani security forc...

‘Pak guilty of not genuinely acting against militants in country’

Former Pakistan envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani has said that while his country was a victim of terr...

Dismiss Saeed`s plea against US drone strikes: Pak govt to LHC

Pakistan government has asked a court to dismiss LeT founder Hafiz Mohammad Saeed`s petition against...

Drone worry ok...what about terrorism: Karzai asks Imran

In a letter to former cricketer Imran Khan who opposes drone strikes in Pakistan, Afghan President H...

18 militants killed in US drone strike in Pakistan

The Haqqani network is a Taliban-linked group of militants that operates from North Waziristan.

US drone strikes kills five militants in Pakistan

CIA-operated spy planes fired four missiles at the compound in Hurmuz village.

Pak Taliban denies offering safe-passage for Imran’s peace march

TTP spokesman has denied reports suggesting that they had assured a safe-passage for Imran Khan`s ‘p...

Imran Khan holds peace march amid Taliban threat

Hundreds of supporters of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan set off on a motorcade peace march ...

Americans in Pakistan to protest drone strikes

A group of American anti-war activists are in Pakistan to join a march into the country`s tribal bel...

No `tacit consent` to US for drone strikes: Pak

Pakistan Friday dismissed reports that it accords tacit consent to US drone strikes in its restive t...

`US conducting drone strikes with Pak govt connivance`

Khan said that 90 percent of drone attack victims were innocent people.

US drone strikes ineffective: Study

Just one in 50 victims of "surgical" US drone strikes in Pakistan are known militants, a report clai...

US ‘considering’ ways of stopping drone strikes in Pak

The Obama administration seems willing to look at options that do not involve launching drones attac...

UK parliamentarians urge Obama to stop drone strikes in Pak

Twelve British parliamentarians have written to US President Barack Obama to stop drone attacks in P...

Pak Army, civil leaders discuss ISI chief`s US visit

Pak`s ISI chief Lt Gen Zahir-ul-Islamwill hold talks with CIA chief David Petraeus on counter-terror...

`Awlaki’s family file wrongful death lawsuit against US`

Relatives of three American citizens, including radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, have sued the...

Pakistan offers US alternative to drone strikes

Pakistan has offered the US a new mechanism encompassing surveillance of targeted operations against...

Indians support US drone strikes: Poll

The frequent CIA drone attacks on terrorist safe havens in countries like Pakistan is widely opposed...

Obama using drones for political gains: Gilani

Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that US President Barack Obama is using drone strikes in ...

Pakistan summons US envoy over drone strikes

Pakistan`s foreign ministry Tuesday summoned US Charge d`Affaires Richard Hoagland to lodge a formal...

US considering lifting secrecy on drone strikes

The Obama administration is considering a proposal to lift up secrecy from controversial drone strik...

US to continue drone strikes in Pakistan: Panetta

Drone attacks against sanctuaries of the Taliban and other militant groups in Pakistan are carried o...

‘Pak working with US to resolve all issues’

Pakistan said it was working with Washington at different levels to resolve all outstanding issues i...

Drone strikes are fully legal: Obama aide

The deadly US campaign of drone strikes against al Qaeda is fully legal under international law, Joh...

Drone strikes linked to foreign fighters: Gilani

Gilani`s moderate remarks came after the country`s Foreign Office blasted yesterday`s drone attack.

`Building mutual trust key to defeating terror`

Pak Prez Asif Ali Zardari told a visiting US diplomat that building mutual trust between the two cou...

American drone strikes should end: Pak lawmakers

Pakistani lawmakers asked the government not to allow its territory for transportation of arms and...

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